Estimating Lead – Fabrication (Structural steelwork & pipework)
Added 30 Sept · still live
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Sponsorship likelihood
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Salary
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£41,700
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 3541 (81% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £41,700, and Worley is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
We pick the code from the advert's text, so it is our best guess, not the employer's. Each code it could be has its own likelihood:
- Possible 3541 (Estimators, valuers and assessors) · 81% match
- Likely 2453 (Quantity surveyors) · 17% match
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What each route needs for this job
| Occupation code | New entrant 70% of going rate | STEM PhD 80% of going rate | Relevant PhD 90% of going rate | Standard rate 100% of going rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
3541 Estimators, valuers and assessors Most likely code | £33,400 | £41,700 | £41,700 | £41,700 |
2453 Quantity surveyors Also possible | £34,100 | £38,900 | £43,800 | £48,600 |
We use the lowest threshold across the plausible codes. Likelihood is Possible at most when the pay clears only a lower rate, or only under a less likely code. How the Home Office picks the code
About the role
About Us
Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting, engineering, procurement and construction across the project lifecycle, with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery, we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions.
Job title - Estimating Lead – Fabrication (Structural steelwork & pipework)
Role Context -
Worley Field Services is seeking an experienced Estimating Lead to join the fabrication team in Grimsby on a permanent basis. The successful candidate will lead a small estimating department responsible for preparing competitive and accurate estimates for structural steelwork and pipework fabrication projects, combining strong technical estimating capability with leadership, commercial awareness and close collaboration with operations and clients.
You’ll be –
Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting, engineering, procurement and construction across the project lifecycle, with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery, we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions.
Job title - Estimating Lead – Fabrication (Structural steelwork & pipework)
Role Context -
Worley Field Services is seeking an experienced Estimating Lead to join the fabrication team in Grimsby on a permanent basis. The successful candidate will lead a small estimating department responsible for preparing competitive and accurate estimates for structural steelwork and pipework fabrication projects, combining strong technical estimating capability with leadership, commercial awareness and close collaboration with operations and clients.
You’ll be –
- The Lead Estimator is responsible for leading the estimating function, assigning bid packages, prioritising workload and reporting progress to management. Lead, mentor and support the estimating team to ensure consistency, accuracy and timely submission of bids.
- Reviewing tender documentation to identify commercial risks, exclusions and opportunities.
- Supporting pricing strategy and bid adjudication with senior management.
- Ensuring estimates align with operational capability, execution approach and commercial objectives.
- Working with subcontractors to prepare and issue RFQ packages for work not performed
- internally, including defining scope, providing drawings/specifications and required documentation.
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Essential Requirements
- Experience leading or mentoring estimating personnel, including allocating packages,
- prioritising workload and reporting progress.
- Strong commercial awareness and understanding of fabrication project delivery (shop
- fabrication and site installation).
- Ability to interpret fabrication isometrics, GA drawings and specifications and translate
- them into accurate cost estimates.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including supporting bid
- adjudications with senior management and interfacing with clients.
- Detailed understanding and experience in Plating fabrication activities (primary
- discipline)
- Excellent Microsoft Office software skills particularly in Excel and Word
- Working knowledge of piping scope and estimating principles (secondary skill set),
- including interpreting isometrics/piping drawings, specifications and MTOs.
- Experience in reading drawings and specifications and translating them into cost
- estimates
- Detail-oriented, self-motivated, and resourceful, with strong interpersonal skills
- Strong time management skills and able to multi-task working on a number of bids.
- Experience in computerized estimating systems
- Understanding of project execution planning and critical path scheduling
- Mechanical and Structural knowledge is beneficial, including piping experience where available.
We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So, our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection and innovation. We're building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard.
And we're not just talking about it; we're doing it. We're reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today's low carbon energy infrastructure and t
echnology. Whatever your ambition, there's a path for you here.
And there's no barrier to your potential career success. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change.
And there's no barrier to your potential career success. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change.
This description is the source posting as it read when we added it. We are not affiliated with Worley, so check their own site for the current details.
Where this offer sits in the market
Estimators, valuers and assessors (SOC 3541) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~55k in sampleSOC 3541
- Middle half £30,888–51,168
- Median £38,168
- Going rate £41,700
- Threshold £41,700
- New entrant £33,400–37,530
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Does this job guarantee visa sponsorship?
Not necessarily. Worley holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 3541 going rate of £41,700. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.